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Skin infections while on Prednisone

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Sep 22, 2017 | Replies (71)

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@barbararene

Thanks John.
I know your not a medical Dr, but it's good to bounce this stuff off of each other. I'm going to try to stay on 1 mg for another week and just take a little tramadol.
I think a good question, that I don't have the answer to is, since prednisone works on the inflammation, and you aren't taking the prednisone and your body has a high inflammation level, (we know inflammation is not good for the body). I wonder if the body is better and safer w the controlled prednisone for the inflammation or if the inflammation wo the prednisone is any worse of a danger.
(not the best wording on that).
I recently tried to Cryo Therapy. It is where you get in a tank of freezing temperatures. (you can google it)
suppose to be good for inflammation. Didn't help at all.
I prob should try the food elimination, but am not excited about that. There is a book out that talks about food to eliminate for PMR.
It's like everything I eat, no peppers, no tomatoes, no dairy, no coffee, no red wine. Geeze I don't know about that!

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I may have mislead you a little. Last year my PMR came out of remission and I'm back on prednisone since March of last year. I started back at the 20 mg dose and am now at 6 mg. My rheumatologist explained PMR as arthritis all over the body and said the pain comes from inflammation in the joints and tissues which the prednisone helps with (I think). I think food elimination might be an excellent approach. Some others I know through my closed Facebook neuropathy group and all sorts of other autoimmune health concerns and a lot of them push the keto diet. Along with that others have mentioned that the "nightshade" vegetables are bad news for inflammation. Of course that means I would have to give up stuff I really love - spicy peppers, tomatoes and more. It might be worth while trying it for a month and seeing how it works for you. I have worked a lot of stuff out of my diet but still struggle with sugar and bread. I have cut it out by about 90% though.

John